Lenovo teases upcoming flagship phone with 95% screen-to-body ratio

Vivo‘s impressive bezel-less phone will soon have competition with a device from another Chinese company. Chang Cheng, Lenovo’s VP, just teased their upcoming flagship phone with a teaser image (shown above) and a question asking fans to guess its screen-to-body ratio.

Cheng posted the teaser image on Weibo, so only Chinese fans can interact with the post. There are four choices to his question: a) 80-84 percent, b) 85-89 percent, c) 90-94 percent, or d) 95 percent. It’s kind of hard to judge by the image, but we’re assuming that he wants readers to be excited about their achievement in having a phone with a 95 percent screen-to-body ratio. Having less than that would be disappointing.

It also looks like the phone will not sport a notch, but there’s no way of being 100 percent sure. It’s safe to assume that the image shows the upper-left half of the phone since it’s cropped by the center of the clock widget.

Not much info has been shared about Lenovo’s upcoming ultra-thin bezel phone, so we’ll wait for its official announcement on June 14.

Cheap Unlimited Airline Wi-Fi: #TravelHacks (Episode 1)

In the very first episode of #TravelHacks, we fly to Singapore on Singapore Airlines’ new 787-10 regional business class. I show you how to pick the right kind of luggage, give you tips on how to live out of a suitcase, get unlimited Wi-Fi on flights, taste the world’s cheapest Michelin Star meal, and of course, talk about my perfect travel gadget.

PhoneSoap Go: A portable device that will sanitize your smartphone

That smartphone in your purse can do so much but it also has 18 times more bacteria than the average public toilet. Before we continue, let that sink in.

Before you drop that phone you’re probably reading this article on, know that there’s a way to clean your handset and it doesn’t involve soap and water. Introducing: PhoneSoap.

PhoneSoap Go is the brand’s latest release. It’s a tiny chest that will literally clean your smartphone. It uses UV-C light to kill bacteria on your device. All you do is put your smartphone inside, tap the lightning button, wait 10 minutes for one cleaning cycle, and your phone should be germ-free.

The inside compartment can house your phone, no matter what size. It’s pretty spacious so it can even fit small everyday stuff like keys or wallets. Despite all that space, the PhoneSoap Go is designed for portability. This is PhoneSoap’s smallest device — something you can bring along on trips to make sure your handset is sanitized anywhere you go.

On the back of the chest is a USB-A and a USB-C port. This is because the PhoneSoap Go has a 7000mAh battery built into it. That’s enough for 45 cleaning cycles, or four phone charging cycles.

Yes, I said phone charging cycles. That’s because you can actually use it as a power bank. There’s even a slot for your charging cable so you can charge as you sanitize your phone. That means even if the whole cleaning cycle is just 10 minutes, you can leave your phone plugged in longer. There’s even “acoustic outlets” at the bottom so you can hear phone notifications.

Of course, unless I have a petri dish and some phone swabs, I won’t be able to say definitively that this thing can clean 99.99 percent of bacteria on your phone, as the brand claims. But, I will say that if it does end up sanitizing your phone in any capacity, that’s already a good enough deal considering how dirty these things supposedly are, and how much we’re holding on to them on a daily basis.

But really, more than phone cleaning, what you get is peace of mind. Honestly, my own (many, rotating) devices have been chilling a lot in my PhoneSoap ever since I got it.

The PhoneSoap Go retails for US$ 79.95 and you can get it from their website.